MARION, Ill. -- A coroner says an elderly Illinois woman found three weeks ago pinned under her dead husband's body has died as a result of her injuries. Williamson County Coroner Mike Burke says 83-year-old Blanche Roberts died Tuesday in a southern Illinois hospital. A newspaper carrier checking the couple's well-being found the woman in her Marion, Ill., home on April 27. She was trapped by the body of Fred Roberts after he suffered a heart attack four days earlier. He fell onto his wife, pinning one of her legs. She was unable to wriggle free. A joint funeral service is planned for the couple.
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